Lots of people are going to underrate Bonino but he's a quality player. He broke out nicely with 49 points this past year and he did that playing with Beleskey and Palmieri.
He'll help the canucks for sure although he's still a downgrade from Kesler. They really didn't end up getting that much for him. Hard to believe Sbisa is still only 24 considering how many times he's been traded already. The 24th pick in a weak draft isn't much.
Remember when the Penguins offered Sutter, Despres and a 1st? And canuck fans everywhere were talking about how that wasn't even in the ballpark and Vancouver would need WAY more?
This is a pretty similar deal value-wise. Sucks for Flames fans that Kesler stayed in the division but it's nice to see the canucks continue to get worse.
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